Motor-vehicle.



PATENTED FER-26, 1907.

B. c. HARDEGEN & H. H. KENNEDY.

MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.12. 1905.-

Inventors EMIL c; HARDEGEN distance-rod illustrate the application of. the invention tion, illustrating iartr permitting hn'ute the United States, residing in the city of Infor maintaining the driving-axle of a motordistancarod is interposed'loetvveen the. axle ited extent with themovements'oi' the latter and provision losing nnrren srnrns rsrnnr orrien- ASSIGNORS. TO POPE MANUFACTURING NEW- JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW,

COMPANY, ,OF JERSEY CITY, JERSEY.

' Moronnstincts.

Application filed August 12,1905. Serial No. 273,877.

To and whom it may concern: tion. The axle (2 supports the driving- Be it known that we, EMIL O. Hennnenn wheels, one of'which'is indicated in dotted and HAROLD H. Knnnnnv, both citizens of lines at g and is represented as provided with adriving gear h. Adistance-rodiis properly secured at one end lar e, and at the other end is secured to a fixed point carriedhy thei'rame .either directly or, as shown,

to thebatteryhox j. The distancerrod is so I constructed as'to maintain the axle in pro er reletive'position and is'yet somewhat yieding; or elastic in order to ermit thenecessary relative movement of t to the body frame 7 As shown in the drawings, the link or bar comprises two parts or members i and i united by'a turnbuckle i so that the length of the rod can; be readily adjusted. The part or carries a flange t w'ithin a s ring-box- 0, springs if, and i being inter-pose between the flange or head. i and the respective ends of the spring-heir, and said spring-box is connected to the battery-hex by a swivel-joint; as no. Thus the axle is'permitted to have free vertical movement with respect to the loody-irarne;eXcept so far as the same is limited lay-the springs'f, is held in proper relative position in a fore-endratt, (lllfBCtiOl'l', although not rigidly, the springs '5 and t dianapolis, county of Marion, in the State of l Indiana have invented certain new and useful Improvements in -Motor Vehicles; of Whichthe iollowingis a specification, reference being had t" the accompanying drawinnsiorming' e part hereof.

This invention has relation to the means vehicle and the parts carried thereby and the motor in roper reletion to eaohother and to the vehio e body or trarneby which they are supported; and in accordance therewith a is provided between the axleand some fixed part of t e frame or body of the vehicle, preferably the battery-box if it be en electrically-driven. vehicle, and another and the motor shait or casing, the motor ha ing preferably sosuspended from the vehicle frame or body asto be tree to yield to a lim axle in the relative also preferablyrnade whereby the axle also may he tree to move to a'li-rnited extent with respect to the vehicle i i-s ne or body.

The invention will he more hilly, explained to the accompanyin'g drawingrs which; is illustrated as embodied in a convenient and practical iorno. and in which-- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of so much oia motor-vehicle as is necessary to since cushi on such fore-and-aft. movement and can have this" position quickly adjusted by the turnbuckle E, which also permits the parts to be assembled or disassembled readily.

ings the motor-shaft 7c carries a small sprocket m to a large sprocket or gear h on t e corre spending criving wheel or axle. as before stated, is rnovahly suspended irom the frame d of the vehicle, andin order that the proeer relation shall'he maintained; between the sprocket l, the chain m,an N movement oicth'e drivinggear h a distance-rod o is interposed between axle with respect to the vehicle frame or the axle and the motor frame orshaft. This body. Y distance-rod also comprises two parts 0 and .ln'the' embodiment ot the invention il iso united by a turnbuckle o to permit easy trated'in. the drawings the motor a issho es carried by a suspenderrframeb, winch in this particular instance is pivotally secured, es at c, to thehody-treine d oi'the vehicle. \The rear or driving axle e is also shown as suspended from: the body-frame d by elliptical springs as usiial in vehicles of this descripthereto; Fig. 2 iss. top plan view of the parts shown in '1. the body of the vehicle and the motor-suspensionhnlrs being re moved. Fig: 3 is a detail view, partly in sec- 'olarly the devices for This distance-rod. is pr close as convenient tothe' end of the shaft is and to the line of'the chain m, the collar .c on the axle e and the collar k on t e shaft l1 beingshown in i the spring Ann nnnonn n. KENNEDY, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA,-

indirectly by attachment in the structure represented in the draw- The motor,

d thethis instance ss outside oi The two distance-rods e, and o to the axle e, as by a co1- e axle with respect member if of the rod 1,: from which power is transmitted in a chain KOO adjustment and assernhlin% or glisass emhiing.

e era y piece as" .are preferably nearly or substantially in the same transverse plane, so that the line of'the motor-shaft 7c intersects the line o1" the distance-rod .11. -In order that this relation of the parts may be permitted and also that excessive relative movement ofthe motorshaft may be prevented, the distance-rod t, or the member -11 thereof, v, is .formed with a frame t, which surrounds the shaft k, and is so shaped, itsfront andlre'a'r membersbeing pr 'ferably curved upon the axisof the axle e as a centerpso that such frame may .aflord, a bearing for the shaft 70, whereby the relative movementis restrained .butis not prevented'wholly.

Itwill now be underst'ood'that while the motor-and the axle are flexibly "supported with respect? to the framef nevertheless the "proper drivingflrela'tion between the inotor'andthe axle is, at all times maintained and excessive *relative: m'ove- It will befunderstoodthat the details ofmovement of the axle in a su stantially vertical plane while maintaining said axle in .permit free relative movement of.

ment of the axle andmotor'with respect to the frame isprevented.

construction and arrangement can'be varied as requiredto suit different.conditions'ofnse without departin'g'from .the spirit of the in vention.'- We claim as our invention 1. The combination with 'avehicle-irame,

of anaxle flexibly supported with relation thereto, and a longitudinally-yielding dis- -tance-rod secured t'o'said axle at one end and to a relatively fixed point at the other end to the axle in a substantially vertical plane whilemaintaining said axle inproper relative'positi'on. substantially as described. I 2. The combination with a vehicle-frame,

of an axle flexibly supported withrelation thereto,-and a distance-rodsecured to'said,

axle at one end and to airelatively fixed-point at the other end and havin a longitudiriallyyielding cushion interposed between its ends, said distance-rod permittin .iree relative proper relative scribed.

3. The combination with a, vehicle-frame,

position. substantially as de of an axle flexibly supported with respect.

secured ,to said thereto, and a distance-rod axle at one end and pivoted to arelatively fixed point at the ot erend and having a proper' relativ vthe 1, vehicle.

'to said axle. at one end and to 1 scribed.

this 3d day of August, l905.

atthe otherend and comprising a spring-box and springs between'its ends. said distance rod permitting while maintaining said axle in proper rela live-position, substantially as described.

free relative movement of the axle in asubstantiallyverti'cal plane 5. The combination with a vehicle-frame.

of an-axle flexibl supported with relation thereto, a motor-a so flexibly supported with relation to the frame, a distance-rod secured fixed point at the other end, and a distancerod secured at oneend to said axle and to the motor at the other end, substantially as de- 6. The combination with a vehicle-frame, of an axle flexibl supported with relation thereto, amotor a so flexibly supported with relation to the frame, a distance-rod secured relatively I to'the axle at one end and to a fixed point at the other end, and a distancerod secured at one end to said axle and to the distancemotor at the other end, one of said ielding cushion rods having a longitudinally between its ends, substantia ly as described.

'7. The combination with a vehicle-frame,

a relatively.

of an axle flexibly supported with relation thereto, a driving-wheel mounted on said tion to the frame, a distance-rod secured to'said axle at one end'and to a relatively fixed point at the other end; and a distance-- rod-secured at one end to said; axle and to the motor at the other end, the first-named distance-rod having a frame surrounding the motor-shaft, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed EMIL C(HARDEGEN. -HAROLD H. KENNEDY.

In presence of+' D. V. CLEM. 'R'.'W JONES.

axle, a motor movably'supportedwith rela- 

